What does the crew have to say about head molds? What did we say about the color schemes of this year's figures? What are our thoughts on molds used? Tune into the Twincast to find out!

Next up, we discuss the registration process. Find out our thoughts as well as listen in to find out who's going to the customizing class and what we think the figure may be.

Next, we discuss the recently revealed Transformers: Prime toys, although our full coverage of the main line will be in a future show.

Be sure to check out our full coverage of the UK launch of the main line, as well!

Finally, we discuss something very important out in the real world: SOPA and PIPA. On Wednesday, January 18th, 2012, Seibertron.com and many other large websites, including Reddit and Wikipedia, took part in a massive blackout to protest the US Goverment's proposed censorship and anti-piracy laws. See more about the topic in our extensive article. If you aren't familiar with these pieces of legislation, we recommend a few minutes of reading on these topics that could threaten your civil liberties!

Regarding Gigatron, Emperor Gavlatron made a gorgeous custom out of the Universe Silverbolt mold (which many think would have been the better mold choice).

The Decepticon Pretender Stanglehold had a human head (and a scantly-clad human body).

Color Changers were Generation 2.

In addition to Keven Micheal Richardson, both Steve Blum and Frank Welker have also voiced a few Vehicons.

W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-WHAT?! A review of the Japanese Collection DVD set? Oh, I am there! I am SO there!

I too am looking for a Japanese BW Metals Jaguar (Ravage) figure for a good price. Saw one at BotCon 2010, but it was out of my price range. Gonna be on the look out for one again at this year's BotCon. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Counterpunch wrote:Skype was badly behaved this time around. There may be some audio issues.

We apologize. It was unavoidable.

It made the arguments sound more heated and chaotic than they probably were.

Insane Galvatron wrote:How does a person download the podcast who doesn't use itunes< or know a thing about RSS feeds? Got a direct link to the file?

There's a direct link to the file on the RSS feed page. Click the "play now" link on that page under the podcast's heading and you'll get it.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Nice podcast.Since i dont much collectors,it nice hear from you guys.I wonder if the botcon toy will look different once they are in hands.Man,the third party was heated!I agree mostly with Seibertron on this.Besides just because hasnt done a figure yet,doesnt mean they never will.Could i see these Facebook pictures you guys have talked about?

About Sopa:Did yo know in portuguese "Sopa" means soup and "Pipa" means kite?People have rights to defend their copyright,but this isnt the way.Also:

Glen Whitmann wrote:Okay, so what? I've download a couple of thousand songs off the internet. Who hasn't? Who hasn't?!

Fantastic show, guys! You pretty much read my mind when it comes to this year's Botcon exclusives. I have to admit, the ones I'm most looking forward to are the ones we haven't seen/confirmed (namely Kickoff and the SG Junkions).

Great discussion on SOPA/PIPA. People need to understand what these bills would do to our fandom (and, you know, their other civil liberties too I guess). Although, given the 3rd Party discussion, I wonder how Hasbro feels about SOPA/PIPA.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Motto:"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly; the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest ... is silence."

Weapon: Twin Shock-Concussion Missiles

Sabrblade wrote:

quickmixed wrote:The running time of these things is killing my day though! But I love it.

Seconded. The running time of #35 was wonderfully merciful.

It's the difference between the podcast with when there are 5 people and with 3 people, especially when you get me on there. I have a really hard time keeping my thoughts to a minimum on the podcasts which is part of why I choose not to be on them every time and prefer to have a "guest" status so that the other guys get their moment in the spotlight.

Insane Galvatron wrote:How does a person download the podcast who doesn't use itunes< or know a thing about RSS feeds? Got a direct link to the file?

There's a direct link to the file on the RSS feed page. Click the "play now" link on that page under the podcast's heading and you'll get it.

Uhm, I tried that. There is no "play now" link on the page for me. Is there supposed to be?

Click this link, then click the little orange text that says "Play now" right under the the blue heading.

That's weird. On my phone ( which is the device I want to download the file ), its just a big block of coding with no "play now". On my tablet, it's as you describe. Both are android, so I wonder what gives? Still can't download on my phone unless someone posts the "play now" link in the thread for me. Cause it ain't showing for me on my phone.**EDIT**Here's a pic of my phone that I took with my tablet. This is what I see, and causes me not to be able to download the podcast.

Insane Galvatron wrote:How does a person download the podcast who doesn't use itunes< or know a thing about RSS feeds? Got a direct link to the file?

There's a direct link to the file on the RSS feed page. Click the "play now" link on that page under the podcast's heading and you'll get it.

Uhm, I tried that. There is no "play now" link on the page for me. Is there supposed to be?

Click this link, then click the little orange text that says "Play now" right under the the blue heading.

That's weird. On my phone ( which is the device I want to download the file ), its just a big block of coding with no "play now". On my tablet, it's as you describe. Both are android, so I wonder what gives? Still can't download on my phone unless someone posts the "play now" link in the thread for me. Cause it ain't showing for me on my phone.**EDIT**Here's a pic of my phone that I took with my tablet. This is what I see, and causes me not to be able to download the podcast.

Other people have had this issue. Let me talk with Ryan.

btw, are you looking to dl it or stream it? I know streaming is disabled for the time being.

re: Battle Tanker. I'm not sure if it's really not as good or it's because it's an upgrade to such a shitty figure that it just doesn't seem as awesome. It does take an utter crap figure and make him pretty cool... CC and Protector had pretty good starting points, so it's not too much of a surprise that the end point is also better. Also doesn't hurt that it creates something that fills a pretty big hole in the Classics collection, where as how bad does anyone really need a Classics G2 Laser Prime? But I can say I like that figure now, and pretty much hated it before...

Very entertaining podcast, as usual! (perfect for work lol) I'm trying to lurk less and post more so here goes! One thing in particular caught my attention, the discussion of 3rd party purchases and how they affect Hasbro/if it is "wrong" to purchase them.

My thoughts on this are summed up in one very easy sentence. Before I say that remember the golden rule of Hasbro is TO SELL TOYS. It is what ultimately drives every aspect of the franchise. Keeping that in mind, as a transformers fan, MY golden rule and bottom line is TO BUY TOYS.

With that in mind, my ultimate interest as a collector (at least for me personally), is to have an accurate depiction of the cast of characters that I love. To me, the autobots and decepticons are bigger than Hasbro, despite them owning them. If I like a cover of a famous song more than the original song itself, I will listen to the cover. I think it is stupid to have any kind of unquestioning loyalty to any company. They get a whole lot of my money, but if a 3rd party does something better, you better believe I will take that over a first party product.

I actually DO hope that one day Hasbro can pump out the kind of stuff 3rd parties tackle. That way we can get amazing things without selling limbs to science O_o

Counterpunch wrote:Serious question, does run time matter if we stay on-topic and avoid repeating ourselves during the course of it?

We've talked about this internally and I am of the mind that more free content is always a good thing...

Good question... Without really thinking about it, I usually tend to listen to these start to finish when possible and when they get to be 2+ hours that can be tough to do. But I suppose, what's forcing me to listen in one shot? This one I listened to about half last night and the other half this morning and it worked out pretty well. The only semi-pain there is noting where you leave off and picking it back up.

I guess my only criticism would be to maybe tighten up the bragging rights. I'm interested in what you guys get from the standpoint of if it's new, thoughts on the item. I don't care as much if you guys picked up that elusive first movie exclusive repaint on clearance for 'only' $80...although, admittedly, that is good info for those potentially interested in said crappy figure at a 'decent' price, and if it was about something I was actually interested in, I'd probably be glad for it if there were more available. So I dunno...there's good information to be had in there, it just seems to run a bit long sometimes.

Counterpunch wrote:Serious question, does run time matter if we stay on-topic and avoid repeating ourselves during the course of it?

We've talked about this internally and I am of the mind that more free content is always a good thing...

Good question... Without really thinking about it, I usually tend to listen to these start to finish when possible and when they get to be 2+ hours that can be tough to do. But I suppose, what's forcing me to listen in one shot? This one I listened to about half last night and the other half this morning and it worked out pretty well. The only semi-pain there is noting where you leave off and picking it back up.

I guess my only criticism would be to maybe tighten up the bragging rights. I'm interested in what you guys get from the standpoint of if it's new, thoughts on the item. I don't care as much if you guys picked up that elusive first movie exclusive repaint on clearance for 'only' $80...although, admittedly, that is good info for those potentially interested in said crappy figure at a 'decent' price, and if it was about something I was actually interested in, I'd probably be glad for it if there were more available. So I dunno...there's good information to be had in there, it just seems to run a bit long sometimes.

They won't let me talk about my dolls, even when they're really pretty.

Counterpunch wrote:Serious question, does run time matter if we stay on-topic and avoid repeating ourselves during the course of it?

THe more the better. There is no fan community down my way (if there is I'm yet to discover it) so i enjoy listening to other peoples thoughts on my hobby instead of just reading comments. I think its a great thing that you guys do.